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Identify the intermolecular forces that must be overcome to cause the melting of the following solids. Also arrange the solids in increasing order of melting points.
(a) NaF (b) HF (c) HCl (d) `Cl_(2)`

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(a) Ion-ion forces (b) Hydrogen bonding and London forces (c) Dipole-dipole and London forces (d) London forces. The increasing order of melting point : `Cl_(2)lt HCl ltHF ltNaF`.
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